单词 | padrona |
释义 | padronan. Chiefly in Italian-speaking communities: the mistress of a household; a woman who keeps a hotel, inn, or brothel.Earliest in quot. 1744 in extended use with reference to a fairy who is the genius (genius n. 1a) of a well. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > woman ladyeOE mistressa1375 goodwifea1533 forewoman1709 padrona1744 queen bee1790 bibi1816 the Mrs1821 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel-keeper bawd1362 bordellera1393 mother1596 brothel1604 brothel master1608 factoress1611 cock bawd1632 brothel keeper1710 padrona1744 case keeper1757 madame1871 madam1879 whore-mistress?1885 whorehouse madam1916 1744 Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 490 I thought we should have been stoned by them: Till, perceiving one more furious than the rest, whom we found to be Padrona of the Well, by applying a small Bit of Money to her. 1800 M. Edgeworth Little Merchants iv, in Parent's Assistant (1857) 59 I, that am padrona of the well. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 121 An extremely unsentimental middle-aged lady, the Padrona of the Hotel. 1876 M. M. Mason Mae Madden 116 She was..handsome and clever, and the padrona gave glowing accounts of her full purse. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. viii. 105 The padrona was better in health; many thanks to the sigñora for inquiring. 1976 Times 21 Aug. 12/4 Rumour said the boy [sc. Rudolph Valentino] had borrowed money from the padrona of a brothel and run away. 1999 Washington Times (Nexis) 23 May b6 Mail is picked up there, laundry dropped off, and the warm-hearted padrona is like a mother to the young men. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744 |
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